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CURRICULUM VITAE
VALERIE LYNN SCHRADER
Doctoral Candidate and Teaching Associate
Ohio University
8864 United Lane #18
Athens, OH 45701
(740) 593-5635
vs339306@ohio.edu
1. Education
Ph.D – In progress, Communication Studies, Rhetoric & Public Culture, Ohio
University
Women and Gender Studies Certificate (in progress)
Anticipated Graduation: June 2010
ABD: September 11, 2009
Dissertation: Performing Dissent: Social Movement Leadership and
Hegemony in the Musical Wicked. Directed by Jerry L. Miller. Committee:
William K. Rawlins, Benjamin R. Bates, J.W. Smith, Jordan Schildcrout.
M.A. – 2007, Communication Studies, Ohio University, Scripps College of
Communication
B.A. – 2005, Communication Arts & Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University
Minors: Linguistics and Spanish
Schreyers Honors College Thesis: And May God Bless America:
Religious References in Presidential Rhetoric. Directed by Christopher L.
Johnstone. Committee: Thomas W. Benson, Stephen H. Browne.
2. Academic Appointments
2006-present Teaching Associate, Ohio University; duties include teaching:
Public Speaking (COMS 103)
Techniques of Small Group Discussion (COMS 205)
Argumentation, Analysis and Advocacy (COMS 215)
Political Communication (POCO 201)
Communication Theory (COMS 235)
3. Additional Communication-Related Work Experience
2005-2006
Marketing Assistant in Customer Information, McMaster-Carr Supply
Company
2004
Intern, AFL-CIO; duties included writing speeches for Director of Field
Mobilization
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3. Subjects Taught
Public Speaking (COMS 103)
Techniques of Small Group Discussion (COMS 205)
Argumentation, Analysis and Advocacy (COMS 215)
Political Communication (POCO 201)
Communication Theory (COMS 235)
4. Additional Subjects Qualified to Teach
Introduction to Human Communication (COMS 101)
Persuasion (COMS 342)
Intercultural Communication (COMS 110)
Interpersonal Communication (COMS 206)
Introduction to Acting (THAR 113)
Media Analysis and Criticism (MDIA 205)
Communication Ethics
Additional rhetorical and media theory and criticism courses
5. Dissertation Description
My dissertation examines the rhetoric of social movement leadership and hegemony in
the musical Wicked. I explore how theatre as a medium has been used in the past by
social protest organizations and social movements to communicate their messages to the
public, and I note how Wicked, while not advocating for any specific social cause, opens
its audience’s eyes to problems that social movement leaders face. Constructing a
rhetorical text using the New York performance script, sheet music, cast recording,
programs, and three performances of Wicked, I argue that Elphaba is a militant social
movement leader, and that the Wizard of Oz and Madame Morrible serve as the
hegemon. Furthermore, using the character of Glinda as an example, I argue that the line
between social movement leadership and government leadership is not as strict as
rhetorical scholars have previously argued.
6. Research Publications
Schrader, V. L. (In press). Teachable Moments in Presidential Eulogies: A
Comparative Analysis of Ronald Reagan’s “Address to the Nation on the
Challenger Disaster” and William Jefferson Clinton’s “Oklahoma City
Bombing Memorial Prayer Service Address.” Ohio Communication
Journal.
Schrader, V. L. (2009). “No Day But Today:” Life Perspectives of HIVpositive Individuals in the Musical Rent. Communication and Theatre
Association of Minnesota Journal, 36, 23-36.
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Schrader, V. L. (2008). Union Kids: Using Burkean Identification to Attract
Children to the Labor Movement through the AFL-CIO Website.
Pennsylvania Communication Annual, 76-89.
7. Teaching Publications
Schrader, V. L., Calka, M., Stassen, H. M. & Wojno, A. E. (2008). Finding and
evaluating sources. In K. R. Meyer, J. P. Mazer., D. A. West & M.
Calka. yOU Speak: Skills for the Engaged Communicator (2nd Ed), 5364.
Schrader, V. L. (2007). Improving Manuscript Delivery Using Excerpts of
Famous American Speeches. In Hugenberg, L. and Hugenberg, B. [Eds.]
Teaching Ideas for the Basic Communication Course, 11.
Schrader, V. L. (2007, August). Arrangement patterns classroom activity. In
Assign This section. Spectra, 43, 7, 26.
8. Current Publication Submissions
“Reinventing the Witch: Social Movement Leadership in the Musical Wicked,”
submitted to Communication Quarterly, currently being revised for resubmission
“Remediating Hillary: Hillary Rodham Clinton’s Use of the Internet for Image
Change in the 2008 Presidential Primaries and the Blurring of the Public
and Private,” submitted to Explorations in Media Ecology, currently being
revised for resubmission
“Name that Fallacy!: A Game for Introductory Public Speaking Classes,”
submitted to Teaching Ideas for the Basic Communication Course, Vol. 13
“The Public Speaking Talent Show: A Philanthropic Teaching Idea,” submitted to
Teaching Ideas for the Basic Communication Course, Vol. 13
“Illustrating Tensions Using Stretchy String: Teaching Relational Dialectics in the
Interpersonal Communication Class,” submitted to Teaching Ideas for the
Basic Communication Course, Vol. 13 with Azhanni Mohammed
9. Convention and Conference Presentations
Competitive Papers
Schrader, V. L. (2009, November) Teachable Moments in Presidential Eulogies:
A Comparative Analysis of Ronald Reagan’s Address to the Nation on the
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Challenger Disaster and William Jefferson Clinton’s Oklahoma City
Bombing Memorial Prayer Service Address. Presented at the annual
meeting of the National Communication Association (Top Four
Competitive Paper, Public Address Division)
Schrader, V. L. (2009, November). Obscuring the Line Between the Institution and
the Social Movement: The Role of Glinda as a Conservative Social
Movement Leader in the Musical Wicked. Presented at the annual meeting
of the National Communication Association (Best Student Paper,
Theatre Division)
Schrader, V. L. (2009, November). Connecting to and Persuading Audiences
through Musical Theatre: Burkean Identification in Pins and Needles.
Presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication
Association (Competitive Paper, American Studies Division)
Schrader, V. L. (2009, October). The Voiceless Vixen Speaks: Using Performance
to Reinterpret the Role of Stupefyin’ Jones in the Musical Li’l Abner.
Presented at the annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Communication
Association (Competitive paper, Performance Studies Division)
Schrader, V. L. (2009, October). Silencing the Animals and their Allies:
Hegemony and Social Control in the Musical Wicked. Presented at the
annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Communication Association
(Competitive paper, Rhetoric and Public Address Division)
Schrader, V. L. (2009, April). Remediating Hillary: Hillary Rodham Clinton’s
Use of the Internet for Image Change in the 2008 Presidential Primaries
and the Blurring of the Public and Private. Presented at the annual
meeting of the Eastern Communication Association. (Top Competitive
Paper, Political Communication Division).
Schrader, V. L. (2009, April). Name that Fallacy!: A Game for Introductory
Public Speaking Classes. Presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern
Communication Association. (Competitive Paper, Community College
Division).
Schrader, V. L. (2008, October). Finding One’s Purpose: Faith, Innocence, and
Identity in M. Night Shyamalan’s Lady in the Water. Presented at the
annual meeting of the Ohio Communication Association. (Competitive
paper).
Schrader, V. L. (2008, May). Reinventing the Witch: Social Movement Leadership
in the Musical Wicked. Presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern
Communication Association. (Competitive paper, Rhetoric and Public
Address Division).
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Schrader, V. L. (2008, May). Consoling Through Faith: A Rhetorical Analysis of
Religious References in Bill Clinton’s Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial
Prayer Service Address. Presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern
Communication Association. (Competitive paper, Political
Communication Division).
Schrader, V. L. (2008, April). ‘No Day But Today:’ Life Perspectives of HIVinfected Individuals in the musical Rent. Presented at the annual meeting
of the Eastern Communication Association. (Competitive paper, Health
Communication Division).
Schrader, V. L. (2008, April). Union Kids: Using Burkean Identification to
Recruit Children to the Labor Movement through the AFL-CIO Website.
Presented at the annual meeting of the Southern States Communication
Association. (Competitive Paper, Mass Communication Division).
Schrader, V. L. (2008, April). Improving Manuscript Delivery Using Excerpts of
Famous American Speeches. Presented at the annual meeting of the
Southern States Communication Association. (Competitive Paper,
Community College Division).
Schrader, V. L. (2007, October). Teaching Patterns of Arrangement in the
Introductory Public Speaking Course: A Classroom Activity. Presented at
the annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Communication Association.
(Competitive Paper, Communication Education Division).
Schrader, V. L. (2007, October). Forging a New Road and Challenging
Solidarity: Stylistic Elements in Sweeney’s and Stern’s Rhetoric During
the July 2005 Labor Movement Split. Presented at the annual meeting of
the Pennsylvania Communication Association (Competitive Paper,
Rhetoric and Public Address Division).
Schrader, V. L. (2007, April). Facing a Crossroads in the American Labor
Movement: A Comparison of the Stylistic Elements in the Rhetoric of Two
Labor Leaders. Presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern
Communication Association. (Competitive Paper, Rhetoric and Public
Address Division).
Competitive Panels
Schrader, V. L. (2008, October). Following the Trail: Tailoring the Basic Course
to Incorporate Discussion of the Current Political Climate. Presented at
the annual meeting of the Ohio Communication Association. (Competitive
panel presentation).
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Poster Sessions
Schrader, V. L. (2009, October). Wicked Witch or Heroine?: Character
Transformations Through the Use of Humor in the Musical Wicked. Poster
presentation at the annual meeting the Ohio Communication Association.
(Competitive paper/poster. Poster session.)
Schrader, V. L. (2009, May). Obscuring the Line Between the Institution and the
Social Movement: The Role of Glinda as a Conservative Social Movement
Leader in the Musical Wicked. Poster presentation at the Ohio University
Research and Creativity Exposition.
Schrader. V. L. (2008, October). Teaching math and confidence through Burkean
identification: A rhetorical analysis of Danica McKellar’s Math Doesn’t
Suck. Presented as a poster at the annual meeting of the Ohio
Communication Association. Won Top Poster Award. (Competitive
paper/poster, Poster Session).
Schrader, V. L. (2005, April). And May God Bless America: Religious References
in Presidential Rhetoric. Undergraduate Honors Thesis presented at the
Penn State Undergraduate Exhibition. Placed third in Arts and Humanities
division.
Performances
Schrader, V. L, (2007, May). Bill Clinton is Like Us: An Autobiographical
Narrative Performance of the Weirton WV Stop on the 1992 Clinton/Gore
Bus Tour. Performance study performed at the Ohio University Student
Research and Creativity Exposition.
10. Current Conference/Convention Paper Submissions
“The Public Speaking Talent Show: A Philanthropic Teaching Idea,” accepted by
the Eastern Communication Association’s Community College Division’s
GIFTS panel for the 2010 convention
“Good Morning, Baltimore: Whiteness, Blackness and Othering in the Movie
Musical Hairspray,” accepted by the Eastern Communication
Association’s Rhetoric and Public Address Division for the 2010
convention
“Friends ‘For Good:’ Wicked: A New Musical and the Idealization of Friendship,”
submitted to the Central States Communication Association’s
Performance Studies and Theatre Division for the 2010 convention
11. Research in Progress
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Performing Dissent: Social Movement Leadership and Hegemony in the Musical
Wicked (Working Title) – Dissertation
A content analysis of religious references in oral State of the Union addresses
A GIFTS paper explaining how to use a semester/quarter-long project in Small
Group Communication to teach students small group communication concepts
while benefiting a community, cause, or charity
12. Awards and Recognition
Best Student Paper Award, National Communication Association, Theatre
Division, November 2009, for Obscuring the Line Between the Institution
and the Social Movement: The Role of Glinda as a Conservative Social
Movement Leader in the Musical Wicked
Top Four Paper, National Communication Association, Public Address
Division, November 2009, for Teachable Moments in Presidential
Eulogies: A Comparative Analysis of Ronald Reagan’s Address to the
Nation on the Challenger Disaster and William Jefferson Clinton’s
Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial Prayer Service Address
Karen & Roger Deardorff Graduate Award, Ohio University, May 2009
Top Paper Award, Eastern Communication Association, Political Communication
Division, April 2009, for Remediating Hillary: Hillary Rodham Clinton’s
Use of the Internet for Image Change in the 2008 Presidential Primaries
and the Blurring of the Public and Private
Top Poster Award, Ohio Communication Association, October 2008, for
Teaching math and confidence through Burkean identification: A
rhetorical analysis of Danica McKellar’s Math Doesn’t Suck
Paul H. Boase Family Rhetorical Scholarship Award, Ohio University, May 2008
Undergraduate Thesis placed third in the Arts and Humanities category in the
Penn State Undergraduate Exhibition, The Pennsylvania State University,
April 2005
Lambda Pi Eta “Star” Award, The Pennsylvania State University, 2005.
Pechter Family Scholarship for Speech Communication, The Pennsylvania State
University, 2005
Penn State Liberal Arts Scholarship, The Pennsylvania State University, 2005
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O’Brien Memorial Award for Speech Communication, The Pennsylvania State
University, 2004
Nancye and James Fitzpatrick Internship Grant, The Pennsylvania State
University, 2004
13. Convention Short Courses Taught
Schrader, V. L. (2008, May). Using Philanthropic Teaching Activities to Make a
Difference in our Communities and in our World. Short Course taught at
the annual meeting of the Eastern Communication Association.
14. Convention Short Courses and Workshops Taken
Arnett, R., Fritz, J. H. & Bell, L. M. (2009, November). Teaching Communication
Ethics at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association.
Fishman, J. & Wear, J. (2009, June). Performance and the Rhetorical Tradition at
the Rhetoric Society of America Summer Institute.
Muir, J. K. & Muir, S. A. (2009, April). Creating Defining Moments: Teachable
Moments and Strategies to Change Students Lives at the annual meeting of
the Eastern Communication Association.
Weintraub, S. & Panici, D. (2007, April). Intersecting Theory and Experience
Through Service Learning at the annual meeting of the Eastern
Communication Association.
15. Leadership and Service Roles in Professional Associations
Secretary of the Interpretation and Performance Studies Division of the Eastern
Communication Association (2009-present; will become Chair of the Division in
2010)
Reviewer for Mass Communication Division of the International Communication
Association (2009-present)
Reviewer for Philosophy of Communication Division of the International
Communication Association (2009-present)
Reviewer for the Interpretation and Performance Studies Division of the Eastern
Communication Association (2009-present)
Reviewer for Political Communication Division of the National Communication
Association (2009-present)
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Reviewer for Political Communication Division of the Eastern Communication
Association (2009-present)
Reviewer for Popular Communication Division of the International
Communication Association (2008-present)
Chaired panels for Rhetoric and Public Address Division of the Eastern
Communication Association (2007-2008)
Reviewer for Rhetoric and Public Address Division of the Eastern
Communication Association (2007-present)
Secretary of the Rhetoric and Public Address Division of the Eastern
Communication Association (2007-2008)
16. Leadership and Service Roles in Ohio University Communication Studies
Department
Social and Service Chair (September 2009-present)
Peer Mentor for Incoming Graduate Students (August 2009-present)
Peer Mentor for Teaching Public Speaking (2007-2008)
Interdisciplinary Research Colloquial Chair (September 2007-March 2008)
Presenter for multiple department-wide research colloquiums (2006-2009)
17. Leadership and Service Roles in Athens Community
Director for Athenian Berean Community Players’ March 2010 show, Little
Women
Recording Secretary for Athenian Berean Community Players (2009-2010)
Co-Chair of Family Life Committee of Athens First United Methodist Church
(2008-2009)
Usher Coordinator for Athenian Berean Community Players (Formerly Athenian
Players Theatre, 2008-present)
18. Membership in Professional Associations
Eastern Communication Association (ECA)
National Communication Association (NCA)
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Pennsylvania Communication Association (PCA)
Southern States Communication Association (SSCA)
Ohio Communication Association (OCA)
Rhetoric Society of America (RSA)